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Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 16

سورة الزخرف، الآية ١٦

43:16 Juz 25 Hizb 49 Page 490 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 43:16

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ بَنَاتٍ وَأَصْفَىٰكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ ۝١٦

Transliteration

ami ittakhadha mimmā yakhluqu banātin wa-aṣfākum bil-banīna

Translation

Or has He taken, out of what He has created, daughters and chosen you for [having] sons?

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Verse 16 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (43:16), a Meccan surah, is in juz 25, on page 490 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 16

Al-Mukhtasar

O idolaters! Do you say: “Allah has chosen daughters for Himself from among the things He creates”, whilst He has privileged you with male offspring? What an absurd distribution this is which you claim!

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Other translations of verse 16

Has He taken for Himself daughters from what He has created, and favored you with sons?

Or has He taken daughters out of what He has created, and He has selected for you sons?

Or chooseth He daughters of all that He hath created, and honoureth He you with sons?

What! has He taken daughters out of what He himself creates, and granted to you sons for choice?

What! has He taken daughters to Himself of what He Himself creates and chosen you to have sons?

Or even has He taken to Him, from what He creates, daughters and has elected for you (only) sons?

Verse 16 word by word

أَمِ ami Or
ٱتَّخَذَ ittakhadha has He taken أ خ ذ
مِمَّا mimmā of what
يَخْلُقُ yakhluqu He has created خ ل ق
بَنَاتٍ banātin daughters ب ن ي
وَأَصْفَىٰكُم wa-aṣfākum and He has chosen (for) you ص ف و
بِٱلْبَنِينَ bil-banīna sons ب ن ي

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